Butter-cutter.



J. F. SCANLAN.

BUTTER CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAIL?. 19m.

Patented -]Dec. Il, 19W.

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Patented. Dec. 11', 1917.

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A BUTTER CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED mm2. 191e.

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To` all whom imag concern: y

Be 1t known that l,` Josnrn F. SCANLAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, New `Yorkcounty, vState of New York, have invented. new `and `useful improvementsin Butter-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.` y

My invention relates to butter cutters and, more particularly, to thoseadapted to cut pound-prints into smaller' pieces or patties, asdistinguished from those usedV to cut up vlarger masses, such as tublots. Thevbutter cutters last referred to are generally used bywholesalers and are operated by mechanical power, while my device isparticularly intended for the consumer and is operated manually withoutthe aid of mechanical power.

@ne of the most satisfactory means for cutting butter, in the class rstreferred to, is wires spaced apart and held to a frame, in connectionwith a platen for holding the butter, the platen having depressions toaccommodate the wires and thereby permit the latter to pass completelythrough. the butter. These are operated by mechanical means.

The object of my invention is to provide a cutting frame with a suitablenumber of wires for cutting up pound-prints, which can be used withoutthe aid of mechanical power and without a platen, as the latter would becumbersome in a device of such size andcharacter. A further object issimplicity and economy in construction and to reduce to a minimum thebringing` of the hands of the operator into contact with the butter. Toaccomplish these objects I have designed a cutting frame, in the use ofwhich an ordinary table napkin may take the place of the platen, theframe being of such. shape that it will serve as a. container after thebutter has been divided by it into batties.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view 4of my invention; Fig. 2 abottom view; Fig.

3 a cross-sectional view on the line 1, 1 of Fig. 1; Fig. 1 aperspective view of a pound print divided into halves by the single wireextending lengthwise of the frame, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of thecutter in operation.

In detail, 10 represents a rectangular frame having an open center 11and outwardly extending arms 12, 12. The ends of the frame are providedwith ears 13 for convenience in handling the frame, and the outer edgesof the sides are turned up as at 14, 1-1. The turned-up edges of the twoSpecifeatich of Letters Patent. Pat-,gutgd DQ@ 1ML; 191% Applicationfiled March 2, 1916. seria] No. 31,568.

sides are slotted as at 15theslots of the respective sides beingdirectly opposite each other, and through these slots the wirel ispassed` and repassed across the bottom` of the frame, the ends beingfastened by a small knot as at 17p. The various passes of the wire maybe spaced apart uniformly, or, asv in Fig. 1 the wire maybe omitted fromone or more of the slotsto secure several sizes of butter. It will benoted that, as the frame constructed and the wire wound through theslots, the wire, from side to side of the open center 11, occupies thelowest position on the bottom of the frame, and that from the opening 11the bottom of the frame as well as the passes of the wire are inclinedupwardly. Consequently, when a poundprint of butter is placed on severalfolds of a napkin and the wires of the frame are pressed downward uponthe butter, they are certain to pass completely through the butter so asto sink into the folds of the napkin thereunder.

Between the ends of the outwardly-eXn tending arms 12 is strung anotherwire 18, for which purpose the arm 12 is slotted as at 19 and the arm 12is double-slotted as at 20, 20. One end of the wire 18 is held in theslot 19 by knot 21, while the other end is held by several windingsthrough the double-slot 20, 20. This wire is located in substantiallythe same plane that the wires spanning the opening 11 occupy, and, inorder to so locate this wire, it is necessary to curl the arms 12, 12 asat 21, due to the fact that, from the opening 11 the sides of the frameare inclined upwardly. The inclined sidell is intended, also, as a gagefor the width of the piece of butter to be cut by the wire 18, and it isnecessary, therefore, to so locate the wire relatively tothe side 14;that the piece of butter to be divided will. be of suitable size to passthrough the opening 11.

The operation is as follows. Assuming that a poundeprint of butter hasbeen unwrapped, with a napkin under the wrapper, as shown in Fig. 1, theframe is held in the hands of the operator by the ears 13 with t-he side14 bearing against the near side of the cake of butter while the wire 18is forced through on the line indicated in said figure as the cuttingline. Either cut is now of sufficient size to pass through the opening11 of the frame. If smaller sizes of butter are desired, however, one ofthe halves may again be divided by the wire 18. The remaining butter maybe returned to the napkin. l The frame is thenplaced over the hall. orquarter piece, as the Ycase inaybe, with the napkin underneath, andpressed clown- 5 wardly so that the butter will pass through the Wires16 spanning the opening 1l. When so divided, the pieces will becontained within the frame, fro-1n which theyA may be turned into a dishwithout any necessity of the hands of the operator contacting with thebutter. Y

Vliat I claim is: Y

' V1. (A rectangular frame yhaving an open center, upwardly inclinedsides, wires span- 15 ning said open center, a pair of arins extendingoutwardly from the topofone ofthe sides, a wire connected to the ends ofsaid arms, said arms being curyed downwardly Copies of this patent maybe obtained for tending outwardly from the top of one of the sides, awire connected to the ends of said arms, said arms being curveddownwardly so as to bring said Wire into substantially the same plane asthat occupied by the wires s ianninoP the o en center and holdin" meansl at each end of said frame.

Y Signed at New York city, New York county, New York State, this 21stday of February, 1916.

JOSEPH F. SCANLAN.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenti, Washington, D.C.

